Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric - Early works to 1800
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Paracelsus, his Archidoxis, or, chief teachings; comprised in ten books, disclosing the genuine way of making quintessences, arcanums, magisteries, elixirs, &c. Together with his books of renovation & restauration. Of the tincture of the philosophers. Of the manual of the philosophical medicinal stone. Of the virtues of the members. Of the three principles. And finally his seven books, of the degrees and compositions of receipts, and natural things. Englished, by J.H. Oxon.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541Date: 1663- Books
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Natures explication and Helmont's vindication, or, A short and sure way to a long and sound life : being a necessary and full apology for chymical medicaments, and a vindication of their excellency against those unworthy reproaches cast on the art and its professors ... by Galenists, usually called Methodists ... / by George Starkey.
Starkey, George, 1627-1665Date: 1657- Books
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The boke of secretes of Albertus Magnus : of the vertues of herbes, stones, and certayne beastes. Also, a boke of the same aucthor of the maruaylous thinges of the worlde: and of certaine effectes, caused of certayne beastes.
Date: [1570?]- Books
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Blagraves astrological practice of physick : discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases and infirmities ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation ... : also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets worthy our knowledge, relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural or ... from sorcery or witchcraft, or by being possessed of an evil spirit, directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed, with sundry examples thereof / by Joseph Blagrave of Reading, Gent.
Blagrave, Joseph, 1610-1682Date: 1671- Books
Der wieder lebende Hermippus, ofer curioese physicalisch-medicinische Abhandlung von der seltenen Art sein Leben durch das Anhauchen Junger=Mägdchen bis auf 115. Jahr zu verlangern / von Joh. Heinrich Cohausen ... aus dem Lateinischen übersetzt.
Cohausen, Johann Heinrich, 1665-1750.Date: [1983], ©1983